It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it's never going to be enough.

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.

Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are.

The thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human. They're full of flaws as much as they are full of heroics. I think the reason that people love them and hate them so much is because, in some way, they always see a mirror of themselves in them, and you can always understand them on some level. Sometimes it's a terrifyingly dark mirror that's held up.